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My Chula
Chulalongkorn University is a mythical place for young Thai students who aspire to come here. What is it to actual students, past and present? Please share your story.
Girl Meets Boy Meaning
What is the meaning of the title of Ali Smith’s novel Girl Meets Boy? Passages to consider: Meeting grandfather: “Let me tell you about when I was a girl, our grandfather says” (p. 3) Meeting Burning Lily: “And in the … Continue reading
Heads of the Chula Student
Nafissa Thompson-Spires, in her short story “Heads of the Colored People: Four Fancy Sketches, Two Chalk Outlines, and No Apology,” presents, among other likewise individual characters, Riley, an engineering Caltech student who wore blue contacts lenses and bleached his hair—which … Continue reading
Posted in Fiction and Fact 2019
Tagged black, Chula students, essentialism, short story, stereotypes
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Decolonising the Mind Conversation
Space for questions and answers about Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s book Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature. Reply below to share your ideas.
Posted in British Fiction 2019
Tagged Africa, English, language, literature, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, postcolonialism
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Watchmen Conversation
Space for questions and answers about Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons, and John Higgins’s Watchmen. Reply below to share your ideas.
Posted in British Fiction 2019
Tagged 1980s, Alan Moore, comics, Dave Gibbons, graphic novels, John Higgins
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Midnight’s Children Conversation
Space for questions and answers about Salman Rushdie’s novel Midnight’s Children. Reply below to share your ideas.
On the Black Hill Conversation
Space for questions and answers about Bruce Chatwin’s novel On the Black Hill. Reply below to share your ideas.
“The Snow Child” Conversation
Space for questions and answers about Angela Carter’s short story “The Snow Child.” Reply below to share your ideas.
“The House of the Famous Poet” Conversation
Space for questions and answers about Muriel Spark’s short story “The House of the Famous Poet.” Reply below to share your ideas.
“Ping” Conversation
Space for questions and answers about Samuel Beckett’s short story “Ping.” Reply below to share your ideas.
“Hide and Seek” Conversation
Space for questions and answers about Arthur C. Clarke’s short story “Hide and Seek.” Reply below to share your ideas.
Animal Farm Conversation
Space for questions and answers about George Orwell’s Animal Farm. Reply below to share your ideas.
“Guests of the Nation” Conversation
Space for questions and answers about Frank O’Connor’s short story “Guests of the Nation.” Reply below to share your ideas.
“Mrs. Dalloway in Bond Street” Conversation
Space for questions and answers about Virginia Woolf’s short story “Mrs. Dalloway in Bond Street.” Reply below to share your ideas.
“The Witness for the Prosecution” Conversation
Space for questions and answers about Agatha Christie’s short story “The Witness for the Prosecution.” Reply below to share your ideas.
“Louise” Conversation
Space for questions and answers about W. Somerset Maugham’s short story “Louise.” Reply below to share your ideas.
Time Flies Conversation
Space for questions and answers about David Ives’s short play Time Flies. Reply below to share your ideas.
“Neighbors” Conversation
Space for questions and answers about Gillian Clarke’s poem “Neighbors.” Reply below to share your ideas.
“The Chicago Picasso” Conversation
Space for questions and answers about Gwendolyn Brooks’s poem “The Chicago Picasso.” Reply below to share your ideas.
Roundtable Conversation 